A 2x900 second spectrum with SPRAT on the Liverpool Telescope shows H-Balmer and OIII emission lines from the host galaxy at a redshift of z=0.1075. Superfit (Howell et al. 2005, ApJ, 634, 1190) finds a good match between the continuum and the spectrum of SN 2005ap close to maximum light at a consistent redshift. At this redshift the transient has an absolute magnitude (g-band) of -21 and is still rising.